Patents by Inventor Dennis D. Jacobsen

Dennis D. Jacobsen has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tamping and stirring rod for use with a food and beverage blender
    Patent number: 4561782
    Abstract: The present invention is a tamping and stirring rod for use with a receptacle of a food and beverage blender including a plurality of rotating blades disposed inside. The receptacle has an open top and a top cover formed out of a flexible material with a hole in its center. The tamping and stirring rod urges either foodstuff or ice cubes into the receptacle. The tamping and stirring rod includes an elongated, substantially cylindrical member which has a distal end and a proximal end and which is formed out of a flexible material. The elongated, substantially cylindrical member is an integral member with a foot at its distal end. A plastic cap is snugly inserted into the top cover and has a bore having a diameter that is slightly larger than the diameter of the elongated, substantially cylindrical member which is concentric to the hole in the top cover and through which the elongated, substantially cylindrical member is slidably inserted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1984
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1985
    Inventors: Douglas C. Jacobsen, Dennis D. Jacobsen